The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 2nd May 2003 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 2nd May 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Unusual consul, one involved with Gaul, gets punishment in a body of poetsCALIGULASHORSEAAcross 9: Looks at message of greetingREGARDSAAcross 10: Spherical, topless, like part of the earLOBULARAAcross 11: Scot embracing me - that's what I was trying to sayIMEANAAcross 12: Blondes Tennyson had his 18FAIRWOMENAAcross 13: Insecticide of a different ilk in hornANTKILLERAAcross 14: Weight that's white with spotsOUNCEAAcross 15: Scores 0, according to reportNICKSAAcross 17: Upper-class theologian was first to enter prize and got cosily placedCUDDLEDUPAAcross 20: The Beckham christening question: O father, O mother, were our characters injured?WHEREFOREAAcross 22: See 20ROMEOAAcross 23: See 20ARTTHOUAAcross 24: Lady to sing "Bread of Heaven" without a noteMADONNAAAcross 25: Principal keeps soft reeds playing when up against a deadlinePRESSEDFORTIMEDDown 1: Vitally important neophyte, 16 of the 18 3CARDINAL NEWMANDDown 2: Support for member on Uncle Tom's master's endless wayLEGRESTDDown 3: See 18GERONTIUSDDown 4: Lewd student, American, upraising German airLUSTFULDDown 5: Fighting man takes second right, holding magazineSOLDIERDDown 6: Animal at front of lakeOXBOWDDown 7: The only Scotsman to be wise?SOLOMONDDown 8: Given permission to execute debtor - anger apt to eruptGRANTEDPROBATEDDown 14: Fuel merchant badly tailored at end of summerOILTRADERDDown 16: Gold beneath getting louder: take the food I madeCREATORDDown 17: End of the Spanish when French vicar's aboutCLOSUREDDown 18: Dying work provides end of good mortuariesDREAMOFDDown 19: Contradiction will drive one crazyDEMENTIDDown 21: Cultural disposition gives point to little scepticETHOS